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to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
S: amend
A: worsen, exacerbate |
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poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
S: composure, levelheadedness
A: confusion, abashment |
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pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
S: highfalutin, pretentious
A: unadorned, austere |
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without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
S: raw, unfledged
A: polished, sophisticated |
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saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childeshtwaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly
S: balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot, slaver |
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a summary, condensded account; an instance that represents a larger reality
S: abstract, model, archetype |
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to urge strongly, advise earnestly
S: entreat, implore, adjure
A: deprecate |
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| by virtue or holding a certain office |
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to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
S: impinge, intrude, poach
A: stay in bounds |
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to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others ( sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
S: cozy up to, curry favor with
A: alienate, mortify oneself |
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one who moves in where he or seh is not wanted or has no right to be, and intruder
S: tespasser, meddler, buttinsky |
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belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part
S: immanent, organic
A: extrinsic, outward |
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to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
S: rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate
A: acclaim, glorify, extol |
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weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
S: fatigue, lethary, torpor, languor
A: vitality, animation, liveness |
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a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy
S: chiliad, golden age, prosperity
A: doomsday, day of judgement |
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mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; to hide, conceal; eclipse; matters involving the supernatural
S: supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane
A: mundane, exoteric |
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| to spred through, penetrate, soak through |
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to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; characterized by excessive haste; moisture; the product of an action or process
S: provoke, reckless, impetuous
A: wary, cautious, circumspect |
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strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or complelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
S: stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative
A: lenient, mild, lax, permissive |
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to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; likely idea that lacks definite proof
S: infer, gather, inference, presumption |
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